Convert videos to the HAP codec   with ffmpeg for use in virtual production or other workflows that require HAP is straight forward. HAP is open source and was made for super high resolution playback buy leveraging GPU computation so to save CPU cycles and compute for other needs.

1. Make sure that you have ffmpeg installed.
2. Ensure that your installation of ffmpeg includes HAP.
3. Locate your video file and use one of the following commands:¹
   • ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v hap output.mov converts to plain HAP
   • ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v hap -format hap_alpha output.mov converts to HAP Alpha
   • ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v hap -format hap_q output.mov converts to HAP Q

HAP Resources

HAP GitHub repository  

References